From the Calontir Armorial
From the Calontir Armorial



Lady Melanie de la Tour

Feel free to call me Melanie (MEL-ah-nee)

Persona:

  • 12th century Anglo-Norman minor noblewoman
  • Born in Yorkshire, c. 1125
  • Melanie was being groomed to be married to a local nobleman, but she chose to accompany a cousin on crusade to the Holy Land instead (he had a weak chin).
  • She married while on pilgrimage in Outremer, but is now amicably separated from her husband (who lives with his mistress). She now concentrates on supporting the arts and good works.
  • Interests include: music (vocal and instrumental performance), period music in original languages, bardic composition and performance, religious life and liturgy.
  • Link to Calontir Armorial - http://armorial.calontir.org/Pages/MelaTour.htm



History in the SCA:

  • Timeline:
    • I found the SCA in 1980, but left the Midwest shortly afterwards. Consequently, until 2015, although a native of Three Rivers, I had never lived in the Kingdom of Calontir.
    • AoA (East) in 2002 from Darius and Roxane
    • Name and device registered (via East) in 2008
    • Seahorse (East--Ostgardr) in 2013
    • Golden Swan (Calontir) in 2016 from Matsunaga and Elena

    • Significant events since then (competitions, championships, tourneys, first event, etc.)

  • Groups and Affiliations:
    • Current Group: Barony of Three Rivers
    • Previous Groups: Crown Province of Ostgardr (greater NYC)
    • Apprenticed to Mistress Morgana Bro Morganwg
    • Guilds, Households, etc: Brother of the Great Dark Horde (http://www.greatdarkhorde.org/)

  • Offices:
    • 1998-2003 - Deputy Seneschal of the Canton of Whyt Whey (NYC--Manhattan)
    • 2007-2008 - Canton Chatelaine, Whyt Whey
    • 2008-2009 - Canton MOAS, Whyt Whey
    • 2009-2013 - Seneschal of the Canton of Whyt Whey (by Ostgardr bylaws, canton seneschals are deputy provincial seneschals and officers of the Crown Province of Ostgardr)

  • Other service:
    • 2009-2010 - Staff, Quartermaster's Office, Pennsic
    • 2011-2012 - Deputy Quartermaster, Pennsic
    • 2013 - Staff, Pennsic
    • 2009-2013 - Autocrat for SCA Demo at The Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park (NYC)--a public event co-sponsored by NYC Parks Department and the Medieval Festival Guild of New York, which regularly draws over 40,000 in one day.

  • Related Experience
    • 1983-4 - Vendor Coordinator for the Medieval Festival Guild of New York
    • 1985 - Co-Coordinator for the Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park


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Created Aug 7, 2016 5:10 am.